I simply adore this movie, as it is my all time favorite film. The acting is impeccible, the true beauty of this film shone in my face the first time I saw it. A melancholy, tragic war story of a man whom brothers died fighting valiantly in WWII and his mother's greiving caused the military officials to send a small search party to look for Young Private Ryan. An incredibly good story, I loved every minute of it. I felt like I was in the trenches of hell, fighting not only for my life, but courageously serving my country. Though this movie is excellently directed, made, and produced, it is by far the goriest movie I've seen in my life. (It even bypassed the violence of Pan's Labryinth, who'd of thought?) There are a few disturbing, graphic images and wounds involving war that parents should take into careful consideration. -A man is shown bloodied with his instestines strewn about his belly, screaming and slowly succumbing to his wound. -A man's face is shown 'punched' in by something, not too graphic but rather disturbing. -A man slowly drives a knife through another man's heart; blood streams out of the wound as goes deeper into his chest cavity. -A man is shot through the gut with a bullet, he starts bleeding heavily, starts coughing up blood, and shown suffering as his comrades attempt to save him, but eventually he succumbs to his wound. -Several instances of men being ignited on fire, engulfed in flames as they slowly suffer long, horrible fates. -Many men are brutally shot through their foreheads in the battle of Normandy at the beginning. -Multiple other graphic instances of gunning and violence warefare criteria. As foul language is often used in war, there is no shortage of it in this film. Many instances of 'F*ck, C*ck, and D**m. Towards the end a group of soldiers start talking 'dirty' involving sexual themes, nothing to explicit in that scene, but I'd reccommend muting it for about 30 seconds. Overall, this is an INCREDIBLE movie, and I strongly urge people to watch it. However, it has many gory scenes and strong war language to accompany it, so I would have to say people should only be watching this about 16-17+. The only reason I was permitted to watch this is because it's regarding WWII, one of my favorite subjects. - -

Saving Private Ryan is the best war movie ever made, hands down. The acting is superb from both Tom Hanks and Jeremy Davies. This is a violent and bloody film that doesn't d*ck around about war. War is hell. Language is not too bad. A lot of people say there is, but I guess I missed it because I don't nitpick. It's a war movie of course it had language. The role models differ. Captain Miller (Tome Hanks) doesn't care about Ryan but about the men he loses and tries to save. Be warned: If you are squeamish, don't watch this: The 1st 20 min. are full of bloodshed that made some turn green. The main reason I loved this movie was the message A lot of war movies portray war as a videogame and the good guy always wins. THis is not the case in this film Message: To save a life you lose more than the one you wish to save. You will either cry during this movie during the ending or get p*ssed off. Either way it shows why you should honor the men in WWII

I have been wanting to watch this movie forever, and finally dad let me. The beginning and ending scenes are extremely violent and disturbing. One memorable image is half a man is screaming in agony on Normandy Beach with his intestines spilling out onto the bloody sand. Lots of blood spurting, SPOILER!!!! Main characters die. Lots of them. Some bad language, too, but ya know, it's a war movie.

it was violent but a good movie :)

very bloody with scenes of people spewing blood but its war thats what happens you know. What helped me is thinking that you know its over it wont kill you, overall maturity yes or no. Quite a bit of swearing though, its classic what do you think?

I absolutely love this film. The story and characters are unique, the madness of war is portrayed AS war, and not as something you would see in a video game. Emotional, small touches of dark humor, and the realistically portrayed violence make the movie a unique experience to be had. The violence? Extensive. I consider myself rather mature for my age, and I was able to handle it and understand why it is portrayed so graphically in the film, yet I totally understand why some may definitely not show it to their children. If your child can handle it, violence is not an issue. It actually adds to the whole experience when you think about it. Language is another thing, you know, a lot of f*cks and s*its, but it's not like it happens every five seconds. Mature teens will be able to understand it. Younger kids may giggle a bit. I wouldn't recommend this movie for small children. It's frightening, and unless you understand why the violence is there, it really is just unsettling, The first 20 minutes of the film is the most intense moment in any film I have ever seen. The characters are not heartless killers (for example, the guy shooting innocents on the helicopter machine gun in Full Metal Jacket) and there are some good messages in the film; War is Never Good; But There Can Be Good In Why Wars Are Fought.

A great movie for mature teens. I was all rush into it to join the military without hesitation. I was showed this movie along with about thirty other teens (with parental permission) and it really gave me an insight to what war really is now i'm more skeptical about joining up. Remember there is no restart button in real life.

This is my all time favorite war movie. Parents should just be concerned on the amount of violence. The worst scene is in the beginning where it shows a 20 minute clip of D-Day. There is some strong, coarse language including the F words. When characters are shot blood is spewn. It is incredibely realistic. I saw it at the age of 12 and was shocked to see boat loads of blood. It has strong characters and a moral message. The movie is absolutely magnificent. 5 stars!!

unless your child is scared of violence, your average teen could handle this great movie. fubar is never explained